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That’s just a sampling of the egg shaker songs we do during Baby Storytime—stop by on Wednesdays at 9:30am in Primary Place to see the other ways we use them. I haven’t heard of any problems, Peggy, but they should be used with supervision since it is possible for a child to peel the electrical tape off, and even if you glue the eggs shut a determined kid could probably still get it open. I haven’t seen kids try to do this, but I think it could be an issue if you got a child with the right personality. You can use your shaky egg creations to learn about science too. You can find a large variety of eggs in stores around Easter time. Experiment with many different sizes and styles of eggs. Let kids experiment with different fillers too. Let them mix materials to come up with the “perfect” sound. You can even offer some soft materials like cotton balls or foam pieces to add to the eggs. Ask kids to make predictions about how different eggs and different materials will change the sound of their shaky eggs. Shake Those Eggs – Ideas The best things we can do at this age level are to simply provide a good experience with music and bond with our kids.
In reality, we can’t expect them to do much of anything with the egg shakers, but there are two main ways we can use egg shakers with them: This developed out of an improvisation with the kids. They were playing with egg-shaped “shakers” and I needed a song to go along with it. What could be more fun than shouting out a little blues?Breaking Words into Syllables–Help kids hear the syllables in words by shaking the egg for each syllable in a word. For example, the word goldfish is a two-shake word and the word hamburger is a three-shake word. We shake the egg shakers to the steady beat along with the songs we either listen to or sing for our babies ourselves (even better!).
I also used the tape to create a subtle color wheel lesson – matching complementary colors as much as I could with some limited colors (and a limited understanding of the color wheel – let me know if I got completely off with any, color wheel experts reading this?)
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It’s also a good idea and important at this age level to start setting up expectations for how to treat instruments.